Thomas Meindl wrote:
Hi to all, I just wanded to ask if somebody was able to install the Nvidia driver 9755 on alpha 3. If I try, the wrong directory tree is chosen by the installer, that means that all files get copied into /usr/X11R6/lib64 and so on, instead of /usr/lib64 . I manually copy all files to the - what I think - right directories, but then I get a white screen of death with compiz. So it seems I'm doing something wrong. Feedback would be appreciated, have a nice time, tM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Problem is that xorg-x11-driver-video and xorg-x11-server overwrite the files /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (with a symlink to nv_drv.so), /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so and /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so, but the nvidia driver says it's unable to overwrite them. removing the symlinks, copying the files from the extracted NVIDIA driver and making the library symlinks fixes it. I do this every time I upgrade the above mentioned packages from factory. BTW the files are also copied to /usr/X11R6/lib(64) by the nvidia-installer. # pkg-config --variable=moduledir xorg-server /usr/lib/xorg/modules # pkg-config --variable=libdir xorg-server /usr/lib Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org